Histological validation of diagnoses of thyroid cancer among adults in the registries of Belarus and the Ukraine

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2098-2103

  Franc, B ^a,b   Valenty, M ^c   Galakhin, K ^d   Kovalchuk, E ^d   Kulagenko, V ^e   Puchkou, A ^e   Sidorov, Y ^f   Tirmarche, M ^c  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^d R E KAVETSKY INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^e Minsk City Anatomopathological Bur   (Belarus)

^f Minsk City Oncological Dispensary   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Belarus and Ukrainian registries; Diagnostic; Thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BELARUS; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PARAGANGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; UKRAINE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BYELARUS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; UKRAINE;

EID: 0346158380     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601395     Document Type: Review

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